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0. SELL. MUSIC LEAF HOLDER.

No. 586,937. Patented July 20, 1897.

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OTTO SELL, OF MODESTO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO RASMUS ANDRESEN SORENSEN, OF SAME PLACE.

MUSIC-LEAF HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 586,937, datedJuly 20, 1897.

A li ti fil d January 20, 1897. Serial No. 619,818. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OTTO SELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Modesto, in the county of Stanislaus and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Music-Leaf Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in-the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in music-leaf holders.

The object of the invention is to provide a holder of the character mentioned which shall be simple, durable, and cheap, and which shall embody in its construction efficient means for holding a book or other piece of music in open position and thereby overcomingthe annoyance of such book or piece of music closing during the performance of a selection.

A further object of the invention is to provide, in connection with the holder for retaining a book or piece of music open, a combination means for clasping the pages upon which the selection being performed is written,whereby such pages may be readily turned without the necessity of removing the holder from the position in which it is originally applied.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pair of the herein-described holders illustrated in applied position on a book. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the holders removed.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates one of the clamping members of the holder and to which is connected the other member 2. The member 1, as clearly shown, has one of its ends turned back and extending in a substantially parallel plane with its body portion to providea hook 3, and for the purpose of connecting the member lto the member 2 a leaf-spring 4 is employed, said leaf-spring being bent in an approximately U shape and having its ends secured to the members 1 and 2 by means of rivets or their equivalent. will therefore be seen that by reason of the shape of said spring 4 the tension thereof will retain the members 1 and 2 in a normallyolosed position, whereby the pages of a book or a piece of music shall be securely clasped.

Extending along the outer side of the member 2 is a spring-tongue 5, one end of said tongue being secured to said member 2 by rivets or their equivalent, and formed adjacent to the end of the member 2 is an offset-6; which offset is preferably located at the end of the member 2, which contacts with the hooked end of member 1. The free end of the spring-tongue 5 by reason of the resilient nature of the said tongue normally bears upon the offset 6, and when the holder is applied to a book or other piece of music the pages upon which the selection being performed is written may be placed between the springtongue 5 and the offset 6, and in this position such pages may be readily turned without the necessity of opening the members 1 and 2 after the same have been applied to their proper position for retaining the book or piece of music open.

The method of applying and the advantages of the herein-described music-holder will be readily understood by those familiar with such devices.

'To retain a-book or other piece of music in open position, a pair of the holders is employed, each of said holders being secured to one side of a book or other piece of music when the same is in open position. After the holders have been so applied a strip of wood 7 or other suitable material is placed within the hooks 3 at the rear of the book or other piece of music, and it will be noted that the hooks 3 are bent inwardly, so as to prevent the strip of wood (designated by 7) which is inserted in said hooks being displaced therefrom, and through the medium of the strip 7 it is evident that the book or piece of music will be held in an open position whether the book or piece of music be bound in hard or soft covers. After the holders have been so applied it will be seen that it is unnecessary for the same being removed from their original position, since, as before stated, the pages upon which the selection being performed is written are passed between the free end of the spring-tongue 5 and the offset 6, thereby enabling the pages to be readily turned from IOC one side of the book to the other, said pages being again inserted between the springtongue 5 and the offset 6 of the opposite holder.

From the foregoing it is obvious that I have provided a music-leaf holder which is simple, durable, and cheap, and which effectually overcomes the annoyance of the leaves closing during the performance of a selection, and, f urther,it will be observed that efficient means are provided for holding the pages and at the same time allowing such pages to be readily turned without the necessity of stopping the performance, a highly desirable and advantageous result.

\Vhile the holder has been described as applied to music books and pieces, it is clearly apparent that the same may be used upon otherbooks and for other analogous purposes.

Having thus described the inventiomwhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A holder of the class described, comprising a pair of members hingedly connected together, a hook formed on one of said members and adapted to receive a strip of suitable material to retain in open position a book or other piece of music to which the holder is applied, and a spring-tongue secured to the other member and adapted to hold in open position the pages upon which the selection being performed is written, substantially as set forth.

2. A holderof the class described, comprising a pair of members hingedly connected together, a hook formed on one of said members and adapted to receive a strip of suitable material to retain in open position a book or other piece of music to which the holder is applied, an offset formed on the other member, and a spring-tongue secured to the latter and adapted to normally contact with the said offset, whereby the pages upon which the selection being performed is written may be retained in open position and permit the same being readily turned without the necessity of removing the holder from the position in whichit is originally applied, substantially as set forth.

3. A holder of the class described, comprising a pair of members, an approximately U- shaped spring for hingedly connecting said members together, whereby the same shall.

' without the necessity of removing the holder from the position in which it is originally applied, substantially as set forth.

4:. lhe combination with a pair of springholders adapted to be applied to the sides of a book or the like and each comprising a pair of members hingedlyeonnected together, one of said members being provided with a hook, of a strip of suitable material adapted to be placed in said hooks when the holders are applied to the book or the like, whereby the latter is retained in open position, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination with a pair of spring holders adapted to be applied to the sides of a book or the like, and each comprising a pair of members hingedly connected together, one of said members being provided with a hook, and the other having a spring-tongue adapted to receive the pages on which the selection being performed is written, of a strip of suitable 'material adapted to be placed in said hooks when the holders are applied to the book or the like, whereby thelatter is retained in open position and the pages on which the selection being performed is written are adapted to be turned without the necessity of displacing the holders from the position in which they are originally applied, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribin g witnesses.

0'1"0 SELL.

Vitnesses:

R. A. SORENSEN, HANS JACOBSEN. 

